Gupta Ajai Prakash

Presently working as Director, QA, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, New Delhi, India. More than 33 years of post-M. Sc. experience in Analytical Chemistry of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals. Expertise in method development, identification, validation, and quantification of bioactive constitutions of microbes, medicinal plants, and tissue culture samples using sophisticated types of equipment like GCMS, UPLC, HPTLC, LC/MS/MS, LC-MS-TOF, and HPLC. His area of expertise also includes analysis of Pharmo-kinetics & Pharmo-dynamics (PKPD) samples, drug metabolites, and their mechanistic studies. Published more than 130 research papers in journals of National and International repute, 11 best paper awards, 33 invited lectures, attended 26 conferences national & International and 11 book chapters. Attended several related courses/workshops involving awareness program for NABL assessors on ISO/IEC 17025:2005 to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, Chandigarh, NABL conclave, New Delhi, total Quality control & ISO 9000, awareness programme on ISO 9001:2000 QMS, at IHBT, Palampur (HP), Internal Auditors Course on ISO 17025:1999 QMS, at IHBT, Palampur, 12 days training at Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, National Conference on Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), at CSIR-Industrial Toxicological Research Centre, Lucknow, and workshop on Validation of Analytical methods FDA and EU, Anacon, Mumbai. He has attended International Symposium on Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) at NIPER, Mohali, Indo-USP workshop on Pharmacopoeial Monographs of Ayurvedic/Herbal Medicines organized by PCIM & H and USP, the USA at Delhi, NABL 5 days Assessor training on Laboratory Assessors Course as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005 at NITTR, Chandigarh organized by NABL, Gurgaon. Attended training on Q-TOF micro small molecules operator training course, at Manchester (UK), training GC-MS Techniques, Troubles-shooting and GCMS solution in GCMS-QP2010”, at Shimadzu (Asia Pacific) Pvt Ltd, Singapore, training at Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission in Analytical Division, IPC, Ghaziabad, advance workshop on Patent Strategies, at Human Resource Development Center (CSIR), Ghaziabad. I had also worked in Govt. Opium & Alkaloid Works, Neemuch analyzes opium samples and their derivatives using GC, HPLC, GC-MS, and conventional methods. Experience has fetched him several coveted positions as a technical Expert Committee member of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, India, Central University of Punjab (Bhatinda), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishawavidhalaya, Palampur, Association of Analytical Chemist (AOAC) International, USA, Centre of Aromatic Plants, (Uttarakhand Govt.), Dehradun, Jammu & Kashmir approved Quality Control person in herbal & Pharma, Biotechnology division of Jammu University, Drug & Food Control Organization, J & K and SKAUST-Jammu.